Soap-container.



G. M. IRWIN.

SOAP CONTAINER.

APPLIGATION FILED FEB.7, 1911.

99?,6276. Patented my 11, 1911.

I UNITED STATES OFFIC.

GEORGE M. IRWIN,

or YONKERS," NEW YORK,'ASSIG1\ TOR' T0 LIGHTFOOT SCHULTZ COMPANY, -ACORPORATION OF NEW YORK. 1

. SOAP-CONTAINER.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I',-Gnonor. M. IRWIN, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Yonkers, county of \Vestchester, and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements for Soap-Containers, set forth in the following speci fication.

'ThlS invention relates to improvements 1n extruding holders for stickshaving soap;

Heretofore these holders have been provided with a sheet metal mouthproviding the extrusion opening. Such a sheet/metal month has theobjection of abrading or cutting the face and in addition difficulty hasbeen experienced in plating the cnt'edge of such a mouth and inconsequence thisedge was liable to corrode.

An object of'thejpresent invention is to overcome the above objections.To this end a bushing of non-corrosive material is formed with a smoothsomewhat extensive outer surface and it is fixed into the top corresondin arts and in which- Figure 1 is avertical section through theextruding holder showing a stick of shaving soap in elevation and partlyin vertical section; Fig. 2 is an elevation with parts broken away ofthe structure shown in Fig. l; 3 is a plan View of the pusher-member;Fig. 4 is a plan View of the top shell; Fig. 5 is an enlarged detailvertical section showing the method of'fixing the bushing 'to thetopshell; and Fig. 6 is a vertical sec- Specification of Letters Iatent.

tion, with parts brokenfaway, showing the top portion of the top shellwith'the stick of soap removed.

The top shell Patented July 11, 1911. Application filed February 7,1911. Serial No. 607,027. I

1 is of spun sheet open at both ends and having threads,2 at.

the top end to engage the threaded gcapj33.:

and threads 4 at the bottom end to engage the interio'rly telescopingbot-tom 'shell i5, 7: provided throughout its length with threads 6which serve to secure the threaded (pa-p117" to form a completeinclosure within the bottom shell 5. This inclosure is serviceable forcontaining a reserve stick of soap so.

that the bottom shell 5 may be termed a. reservoir. The engaging ends ofthebottom shell or pusher-member 5' and the soap stick 10 are formedwith relatively embracing andembraced parts for the purpose of centeringthe'soap stick and to extrude'itwithout binding or buckling. The partsmaybe, a projecting part of circular cross-section, on One; and a pocketalso of circular-cross-section tofit, one the other. In the drawingsthey are shown asa projecting button 8 of circular cross-section for thepusher-member 5 and anembracing pocket 9 of circular cross-section inthe bottom end of the soap stick 10. A ledge 11 encircles the button 8for direct engagement with theend of the soap stick.

The soap stick 10 is preferably of twisted prismatic form, as shownhaving fiuted' sides and a uniform polygonal cross-section as defined inUnited States Patent 918,053 referred to above.

The top edge 12 for the shell 1 at the outer termination of the threads2 is -inturned.

A bushing 13 is formed as indicated in the drawings and is preferably.cast from a non-corrosive alloy .such as an alloy of lead and antimony.It provides a choked swaging extrusion mouth 14 having twistedcorrugations 15 such that the cross section of said mouth is similar inoutline to that of the cross section of the soap stick. The extrusionmouth 14 preferably flares clownwardly as indicated in the drawings sothat it grips the soap stick 10 most closely-in the neighborhood of itsouter face 16 which is smooth and rounded or beveled off to present asmooth surface to prevent the cutting or abrasion of the face of theshaver. The

downward'flare of the mouth l l also makes.

it possible to have the smallest or top dimen sion of'the mouth 14slightly smaller than,

the cross section of the soap stick so as to insure a water-tight fit..The bushing 13 17 shell 1 so that the inwardly projecting ring part 18of the bushing 13 completes airing ike pocket inside of the threads 2which may be filled with a fusible material such as solder 19to fix thebushing 13 in place.

The combined effect of the centering means 8 upon the pusher member 5and the bushing 13 operates positively to center the soap stick 10within the shell 1 and to keep it out of contact, throughout almost itsentire extent, with theshell, 1 so that no corrosionstains from theshell 1 can .be formed on the stick 10.

Whenthe pusher member 5 is screwed into the shell l the button 8 andledge: 11 both push and tend to rotate the sticklO sothat the same ispushed and screwed out of the extrusion mouth 14." It is this combinedpush or. thrust and tendency to rotate which makes the twisted prismaticform of the soap stick particularly advantageous as it prevents anytendency to bind in the corrugations 15. The extrusion bushing andcentering button of this invention are of great advantage inextrudingholders of the class described but are not necessarily limited to thosefor twisted prismatic sticks of soap.

What is claimed and what is desired to be secured by United StatesLetters Patent 1. An extruding holder for a shaving soap-stickcomprising, a top tubular shell of sheet metal open at top and bottomand of substantially greater diameter than said soap-stick; apusher-member interiorly telescoping into said top shell from thebottom;

subscribing witnesses.

and a separate solid ringshaped bushing of non-corrosive metal fixed inthe top end of I said "tubular shell, havinga smooth beveledface-engaging outer surface guarding the top terminal edge of saidtubularshell and providing a choked swaging extrusion mouth with itscross-section similar in outline to.

that of the cross section of the said soap substantially greaterdiameter than said soap-stick; a pusher-member interiorly threading intosaid top shell from the bottom end; aseparate' solid ring-shapedbushing-of non-corrosive metal fixed in the top end of said tubularshell, having a smooth beveled face-engaging outer surtace guarding thetop terminal edge of said tubular shell and providing a choked swagingextrusion mouth with its cross-section similar in outline'to that of thecross-section of the said soap-stick and gradually decreasing in size asubstantial amount from the bottom of the mouth to the top of the saidmouth; and

a circular centering means vformed on the end of said pusher-member to'fit a coiiperating end formation of the soap-stick,- whereby thesoap-stick will be positively kept out of contact with the walls of saidtubular shell and will be thrust substantially cen- -trally through saidmouth upon 'the screwing up of said threaded pusher-member. a Inwitnesswhereof, I have signed my name. to this specification, inthepresence of two H. C.-MANHEIM, "L. ALTMAN.

